🇬🇧 United Kingdom importer · official customs records

BLADES UK

199 Broadgate, Sutton St Edmund, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 0LT🇬🇧 United Kingdom
On record January 2016 to December 2023🔒 Compliance check
ArmsKnivesTools, hand
Product lines
172
Jan ’16 to Dec ’23
Products
12
HS subheadings on record
Rank · arms
One of 43
of 43 importers in 2025
Months active
75
of 75 on record
Latest activity
Dec ’23
most recent month on record

Import activity

January 2016 to December 2023
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What BLADES UK imports

share of declarations
Arms, swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and the like, parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths therefor (HS 93070000): 36.1%Arms, swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and the like,parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths therefor36% HS 93070000Knives, having fixed cutting blades, (other than table knives), serrated or not, excluding knives and blades of heading no. 8208 (HS 82119200): 30.6%Knives, having fixed cutting blades, (other thantable knives), serrated or not, excluding knivesand blades of heading no. 820831% HS 82119200Tools, hand, axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools, of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry (HS 82014000): 7.4%Tools, hand, axes, billhooks and similarhewing tools, of a kind7.4% HS 82014000Knives, with handles of base metal (HS 82119500): 7.4%Knives, with handles ofbase metal7.4% HS 82119500Tools, knives and cutting blades, for machines or mechanical appliances in heading no. 8208 (HS 82089000): 4.6%Tools, knives andcutting blades,for machines or4.6%Knives, with cutting blades, (having other than fixed blades), serrated or not, excluding knives and blades of heading no. 8208 (HS 82119300): 2.8%Knives,withcutting2.8%Blades, cutting, serrated or not, excluding those of heading no. 8208 (HS 82119400): 2.8%Blades,cutting,serrated or2.8%Cases and containers, trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of leather or of composition leather (HS 42021110): 1.9%Cases andcontainers,trunks,1.9%Tools, hand, hammers and sledge hammers (HS 82052000): 1.9%2%Knives, with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), sets of assorted articles, excluding knives and blades of heading no. 8208 (HS 82111000): 1.9%2%Christmas festivity articles (HS 95051090): 1.9%Christmasfestivityarticles1.9%Household and toilet articles, in heading no. 6911, of porcelain or china (HS 69119000): 0.9%1%
HS codeProductShareRanked
93070000Arms, swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and the like, parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths therefor35.1%#1 · 8 yrs
82119200Knives, having fixed cutting blades, (other than table knives), serrated or not, excluding knives and blades of heading no. 820829.7%#1 · 8 yrs
82014000Tools, hand, axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools, of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry7.2%#3 · 4 yrs
82119500Knives, with handles of base metal7.2%#3 · 3 yrs
82089000Tools, knives and cutting blades, for machines or mechanical appliances in heading no. 82084.5%#3 · 2 yrs
82119300Knives, with cutting blades, (having other than fixed blades), serrated or not, excluding knives and blades of heading no. 82082.7%#3 · 2022
82119400Blades, cutting, serrated or not, excluding those of heading no. 82082.7%#3 · 2020
42021110Cases and containers, trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of leather or of composition leather1.8%#4 · 2016
82052000Tools, hand, hammers and sledge hammers1.8%#4 · 2021
82111000Knives, with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), sets of assorted articles, excluding knives and blades of heading no. 82081.8%#4 · 2020

Trade lanes

10 counterparty markets → United Kingdom imports of arms
INDIACHINATAIWANUNITED STATESSPAINGERMANYJAPANUNITED KINGDOM
🇮🇳 India 37%🇨🇳 China 36%🇹🇼 Taiwan 7%

Market-wide sourcing of arms into United Kingdom; the directory does not publish origins per importer.

Largest importers of arms

ranked by activity on record
#CompanyActiveMonths activeProducts
1THE KNIGHT SHOP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED11 yr921
2POOLEY SWORD LTD11 yr911
3PJS UK LTD11 yr901
4SUSAN NICHOL ANDREW NICHOL11 yr791
5CROWN SWORDS ENGLAND LTD11 yr741
6BLADES UK8 yr681
7TODS WORKSHOPS LIMITED9 yr621
8PLAYWELL MARTIAL ARTS11 yr521
9SPORTING WHOLESALE LTD9 yr471
10DNA LEISURE LTD9 yr431

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Common questions

What does BLADES UK import?

UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House list arms, knives and tools, hand as BLADES UK's principal imports (ranked by HS subheading, 12 products on record).

Who else imports arms in United Kingdom?

THE KNIGHT SHOP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, POOLEY SWORD LTD and PJS UK LTD rank among the largest importers of arms (HS 9307) in United Kingdom, out of 43 importers on record in 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Directly from UK customs trader records (HMRC) and Companies House. Exsigo ingests the official records; nothing here is scraped from directories or estimated.